COMPUTER ASSISTED INTERPRETER TRAINING FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAJORS

• Authors: Sheng-jie CHEN

Title variants

PL

WSPOMAGANE KOMPUTEROWO SZKOLENIE TŁUMACZY USTNYCH DLA STUDENTÓW KIERUNKÓW NIEFILOLOGICZNYCH

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the existing case study was to investigate the implications of applyingcomputers to teaching interpreting to students who were not foreign language majors. Someresearchers argued that interpreting courses are very difficult, so they should be offered to qualifiedpost-graduate students instead of undergraduate students. However, most undergraduate programsin Taiwan offer interpretation courses. In addition, in China two-semester interpreter trainingcourses have even been offered to most undergraduate students who were not foreign languagemajors. Furthermore, computers have been widely used in interpreter training, but no research hasbeen available that investigated how to apply computer assisted interpreter training (CAIT) toteaching interpreting to students who are not foreign language majors. Qualitative research methodshave been used to collect and analyze the data to complete the report in this study. Participantsconsisted of the author and the 18 students, who were not foreign language majors, taking acomputer assisted interpreter training course that the author offered in a university in Taipei,Taiwan, in 2009. The results of the study indicated that CAIT may be developed into IM (theinterpretation method) of foreign language teaching to teach students who are not foreign languagemajors.

PL

Celem niniejszej pracy było zbadanie wpływu szkolenia wspomaganiego komputerowo na kandydatów na tłumaczy ustnych nie będących absolwentami studiów filologicznych.

Keywords

EN

CAT; CAT training; interpreter training

PL

CAIT; tłumacze ustni; tłumaczenie ustne; szkolenie; CAIT; tłumacze ustni; tłumaczenie ustne; szkolenie

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Comparative Legilinguistics
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 4
• Pages: 49-60

Dates

published

2010-06-01

Contributors

author

Sheng-jie CHEN

• Department of Applied Foreign Languages National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 43, Keelung Road, Section 4, Taipei City, Taiwan

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/cl.2010.4.5